Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
My vegetable garden is full of anticipation right now. The green beans are flowering and so are the squash plants. The corn stalks are more than knee high which is good because around here we …
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I'll admit that it has been years, if not decades, since I planted cabbage and broccoli in my vegetable garden. When I tried to grow them back in the day, it never failed that within weeks of …
I had to make an emergency run to the garden center today because I realized I didn't have any 'Green Arrow' peas to plant. I plant peas on St. Patrick's Day, always. Well, always for the past ten …
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Vegetables to enjoy in season I try to order most of my vegetable garden seeds in the middle of January. I've been ordering seeds for one garden or another since I was a teenager and took over …
Part of my garlic harvest We are now safe from vampires here at May Dreams Gardens, with plenty of garlic to keep them far, far away from here. And what a fine day it was for digging the garlic and …
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I was standing out in the garden and noticed I was surrounded by blooms from the pea family of plants. My initial thought was, "oh good, the Leguminosae family has arrived. Oh wait, not Leguminosae …
